ReutersAs she voted Maia Sandu warned Moldovans that "thieves" were trying to buy their vote and their countryMoldovans are going to the polls in the second round run-off of a presidential election seen as a choice between a European future...
North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew for 86 minutes - the longest flight recorded yet - before falling into waters off its east, South Korea and Japan said.The ICBM was fired at a sharply-raised angle and...
North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are operating in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian troops have a foothold, Nato has said for the first time. The alliance's Secretary General, Mark Rutte, said he could confirm the...
BBCIt costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole “package”, we are told. For that we would be given an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel.This is the “good price” offered by...
The former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and his British partner have been arrested and are facing sex trafficking charges.Mike Jeffries, his partner Matthew Smith and the couple’s alleged middleman were arrested on Tuesday morning.The FBI and...
The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week.A Downing Street spokesperson had already ruled out...
Falling debris narrowly missed a group of people in a street in eastern Turkey, after it was hit by an earthquake.A 5.9-magnitude quake struck the city of Elazig in Turkey's Malatya province on Wednesday. There have been no reports of...
SpaceX's Starship has completed its fifth test flight, as Elon Musk pushes ahead in his quest to one day take astronauts to the Moon – maybe even to Mars. During this flight, the SpaceX team attempted something that had never...
The Portuguese government is to slash taxes for people aged 35 and under, in an attempt to dissuade young people from emigrating and encourage foreigners to settle in Portugal.As part of the budget presented to parliament on Thursday, the centre-right...
At least 10 firefighters have been killed in an Israeli air strike in a border area in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says.A statement said the firefighters had been “ready to go out on rescue missions” from a municipal...
